Monday
Feb242014

XBox One Titanfall Edition bundle coming on March 11

Why pay $499 for a vanilla XBox one when you can get the exclusive Xbox One “Titanfall” special edition bundle. Available March 11th, the limited edition console features a digital download copy of Titanfall and one month Xbox Live Gold membership, along with the standard console and accessories for $499. Sounds like a good deal for anyone who has been holding out for the XBox One and Titanfall. Pre-order here.

Monday
Feb242014

Nokia sets to battle budget Androids with new Nokia X devices

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop recently launched the new Nokia X family of budget smartphones targeting emerging markets. The Nokia X devices feature Nokia's popular look and construction but use a forked version of Google's Android OS. While the move to launching Android-powered devices seems contraryto Nokia's focus on Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, it makes perfect sense as a business decision.

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Monday
Feb242014

BlackBerry Messenger coming to Nokia X and Windows Phone devices

BlackBerry Messenger or BBM is expected to come to Nokia's new Android powered X devices as well as to exisiting Windows Phone handsets. BlackBerry confirmed the news earlier, John Sims, President, Global Enterprise Solutions at BlackBerry said, “BBM continues to grow in popularity as millions of people use our mobile platform for chatting and connecting with friends or colleagues, and we are very excited that we will soon welcome Windows Phone and Nokia X users to the BBM community."

 

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Monday
Feb242014

Qualcomm ushers in 64-Bit processors at MWC

Apple may have the first 64-Bit mobile processors with the A7 chip it uses in the iPhone 5s and iPad Air but now Qualcomm is looking to follow suit with a duo of mobile processors featuring 64-Bit instruction set slated for late 2014, while most Android apps are just starting to be written for multiple-processors, the jump to 64-Bit processors is acknowledged as a future-proofing  move as well as the natural progression of mobile's evolution. It might take as long as a year for us to see Android or Windows Phone apps that can take full advantage of 64-bit architecture.

Source: Engadget